Photoshoot!

Our little photoshoot with the Heeren's :)
Here are some of our favs... Hope you guys liked them.









Then they took a couple of us...


Then we went out for some drinks :)
Thanks for a GREAT night friends! Let's do it again as soon as little miss Cora can sit up! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

A list of things I am thankful for....

*My Husband : : Two and a half years ago, I married by best friend! I am SO thankful that I have someone that will always love me, care for me and be there for me no matter what. Love you Jon!!!

*My Family : : I am so blessed to have grown up in the family that I have. They have always there for me whenever needed and I know they always will. I'm glad we still live close to my parents and can eat there during the week :) I am thankful that my sister loves to come over and hang out at our house. I love that even at 25 years old, I still see all my aunts, uncles and cousins as if they were my siblings.

*My Grandparents : : This thanksgiving, I am forever thankful for the health of all 4 of my grandparents and that they are still here to celebrate together! I am so close to my grandparents and can't even begin to imagine the holidays without them.

*My Husband's Family (and now mine as well) : : I am so lucky to have married into one of the best families ever. From day one they have accepted me as their own and for that I am thankful! I am thankful to have 3 more people to call my sisters and 3 to call my brothers! (And 9 nieces and nephews) :)

*My Friends : : Jon and I say over and over how thankful we are for our friends. We have so many wonderful people in our lives who we are so lucky to call our friends! We couldn't imagine our lives without them! We always love our time spent with them and can't wait until we all have kids so they can be just as good as friends! (Yes, Jon and I are a little behind on that bandwagon) ;)

*My Job : : Even though I may not have a permanent job yet, I am very thankful to be in the education field. I have realized, this year especially, that I truly love my job! I am thankful every morning I get to wake up and know I get to go to school and see my kiddos. I couldn't imagine myself doing anything other than teaching! It is something that I love!

My Coworkers : : Not only do I love going to my job everyday, but I love the people I work with. We all seem to have so much in common. Everyone gets along great and I love that we can be together, outside of school, as friends.

My House : : I am so thankful that Jon and I were able to purchase a home. It is so nice to come home from work to a cozy place that we can call our own.

There are so many other things that I am thankful... the list could go on and one but these are just a few! I hope everyone has an awesome Thanksgiving and is able to reflect on the things that make them thankful!

Elf Yourself 2010

Once again, around the holiday season, the link is going around to "Elf Yourself" Well... I course I had to do it, so here it is :)

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Jon and Ash "Elf Yourself"

Or just look at it through my facebook!

Weekend Recap

This weekend was everything BUT uneventful! I have quite the list of things that were accomplished. I was however, horrible at remembering my camera... So there are not any pics of all the fun :(

Friday:
*Subbed all day
*Home to relax with a glass of wine
*Griffins game with Curt and Steph (1st one this year)
*Back to our house for beer/wine and watching old movies. (Ones of Steph and I)

Saturday:
*Up early to go shopping ALL day in Muskegon with Mom, G-ma, Court, Geneva and Janet
*Visited Heidee and Baby Chaz in the Hospital

Sunday:
*Church at Ada Bible
*Scrapbooked with Julie

And now today, I am home, with no sub job, thinking I may decorate for Christmas!

Famous!!!

My mom and I were shopping yesterday at Gander Mountain for Jon for Christmas presents. We all know opening deer season is today. I should have known a hunting store would be absolutely PACKED! There were so many people buying last minute things. It was nuts. Well... to top it off, news channel 13 was there to film the chaos! My mom and I clearly tried to avoid the camera at all costs. I looked like a a total bum! Well... the news lady thought my mom and I were hilarious trying to figure out what to buy. I was on the phone with Matt, while talking to an employee, wandering around trying to find what we needed. Next thing you know, there is a camera in our face. YIKES!!! And to make a really long story short... they followed us around for quite awhile and then at 11:00p.m. my mom and I became famous. EMBARRASSING!!!

Well for those of you that so sadly missed our TV debut... here ya go! :)

Our Famous TV Debut!!!

Traverse City - 3rd Time Around

This weekend was the "Science Girls" 3rd annual weekend in Traverse City. We had such a fun weekend, filled with LOTS of laughing! There is never a dull moment when we are together!

Here is out attempt at a group picture on the look out along the way. We had to set up the self timer and balance the camera on Kari's car! Not too bad!

Wine tasting - one of our favorite things to do up there!

Out to dinner - Dee and Danielle

Kari and I

Our new matching hoodies :)

I always look forward to our next get togethers. Next on the list... possibly visiting Dee's school in the heart of Detroit, Christmas dinner, and Danielle's wedding!